This past weekend was so much fun.
It all started on Friday evening when John brought my two favorite girls with him from Oshkosh. Now that he works in Fon du Lac, it is easy for him to bring them to our house.
We baked cut outs on Friday.
Of course, in true Tizita fashion, she has to add her own personal touch on all the cookies.
She simply cannot cut out a cookie and put it on the tin, oh no, not Tiz, she has to cut a few out and fashion them into large cookies.
She is quite the creative cookie maker. We had some really unique cookies and they all tassted really good.
Soli joined us for the frosting and sprinkles.
Here are a few photos from the baking night:
After baking, we just had to watch some I Carly. I am sure that when John and I are long gone, the girls will remember the times we watched I Carly together more than anything else about us!
The girls hung their stockings on Friday night and left Santa some of their cookies.
On Saturday morning they were so excited to find that Santa had indeed come, filled their stockings, and enjoyed their cookies.
The excitement really started after lunch when we left to see A Charlie Brown Christmas at the Todd Weir Theater in Milwaukee. Last year we saw Rudolph at the same theater and enjoyed it so much that we decided to make it an annual event.
This show was so good again.
Both girls said it was even better than Rudolph, John liked Rudolph better, and I just liked them both.
I really like this theater experience because it is so kid friendly. There is not a bad seat in the house and the cast is made up of mostly kids from 4th grade up to high school.
There was a fun sing along at the end of the show and the actors took questions from the audience about the show.
I bought the girls these cute little pink dress/tunic tops especially for the show.
They both looked so cute if I must say so myself.
After the show, we had dinner at Culver's on our way to the lights at Country Springs Hotel.
Driving through these lights has become a tradition for us and the girls. The best part for the girls is the fact that they get to drive on Grandpa's lap.
Both girls fell asleep on the way home, so there was no I Carly that night for us.
Our fun was not over yet.
We left by 7:30 on Sunday to get the girls back home for their Christmas service at church.
Mom came with us and we all enjoyed the service so much.
Tiz played the part of Eve and Soli was a sweet angel.
After the service, we all went to Red Robin for lunch.
Courtney and Paul had decorated the tree over the weekend to surprise the girls and it was beautiful. They went back to a real tree this year and it is so pretty. Almost makes me want to go back to a real one or at least try to find an artificial that looks more real.
I am guessing my search will be on after Christmas.
I gave the Van Auken family a book about the traveling wise men and I also gave them three African American wise men to use as their very own traveling wise men.
Finally, our day ended as did our great weekend as we headed back home.
The Packers won which capped the weekend off perfectly.
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